In this day and age the “heal thy enemy” concept may seem unusual to most people. It was through my own healing experiences that my guides taught me that for me to be an actual “healer” I needed be able to understand and acknowledge that my enemies required healing as well. These were some difficult lessons, but they have now been learned and accepted.
When I was honest with myself I could see that even I could offer something to my enemy to bring them healing and peace. It may not be the entirety what I can offer as a healer to another person, but I did find that there was something that I could offer, so I did. This act of compassion allowed all the healing energies that had been suppressed in me due to traumas, grief and anger to be set free.
Once I allowed myself to give the gift of healing to my enemies I realized that my past traumas and grief from situations with these people were holding me back from becoming who I was truly meant to be. In doing this I let go of my own victim stance that was concerned primarily with what people thought of me or why they chose to act a certain way. In all reality from a healer’s perspective it doesn’t matter what people think or why they act the way they do, it is only important for me to recognize that they need healing and offer them what is suitable. This act also turned them from my view of them as enemies to an understanding that they are wounded people that are suffering.
Once I embraced this concept I felt like the shackles that contained my healers soul simply disappeared. Of course my suggestion is to think long and hard about what healing you may offer an enemy. In my case I offered them a healing space without any complications and for you it might be something different. Obviously when offering healing to your enemy what you offer them may be considerably different than what you would offer someone else. As healers if we are truly honest with ourselves and don’t get our ego involved we will find that there is always some unseen healing gift that we can give.
Taking a hard look at myself on the inside I realized I was truly a healer, because my first instinct is to give healing even to those that seem like they don’t deserve it. In my past I came from a family of abused and damage people and as a small child I took the time to understand why they were the way they were and why they did what they did to me. The answer I found was difficult to accept but true and that is the fact that they became the way they were because they themselves were damaged by other people.
Yet, regardless of all that some of these people did to me or denied me I found that I still wanted to love them. In my early years I didn’t understand why, but now I do. The answer is that I am a healer. Our world and its people will never be any better than what it is if we don’t start offering healing to everyone regardless of their actions or motives. The punishment system of prisons makes criminals worse due to the fact that it doesn’t offer them any real healing or rehabilitation. Our system of punishment should be a system of healing, so that people can recover from the trauma’s that helped them into a life of criminality.
We all need to stop hating and punishing and start giving compassion and healing. It is time to stop easily disposing of people and start embracing their value to all of us. I do understand that there are some people who have done extremely horrible things and that they might not ever be able to mix in society again. Yet, we do not have to be inhumane about how we choose to contain these people and we all need to accept that even they deserve some type of treatment for their obvious severe mental illnesses.
It is time for all of us to accept accountability and understand that no person ends up at the bottom entirely on their own. That over the course of many years for these people they were denied love and compassion along with their basic necessities. It’s time to understand that most people with severe mental illnesses were horrifically abused from childhood. My question is this, “How many of these horrible criminals were once sweet innocent children begging for people to pay attention to their situation?” Also, “How many people ignored their pleas throughout their lives?”
It is time for all of us to start listening and seeing what goes on around us. The simple act of offering healing to an enemy or offering a stranger compassion and love could make all the difference. We need to stop being afraid of our healing impulses and start embracing them and each other. Our Mother Earth and all of its people have a lot of healing to do and it is time to begin. I wanted to share an idea from something I read the other day, which is that the world is not getting worse because things are getting stirred up and uncovered that this is being done so we can deal with these issues and heal.
The next time you decide to get negative about the state of the world take time and think about this idea and others that I have shared here and how they apply to your life and actions. Healing must first begin at home and then it must be shared because healing is love and love should always be shared. Until next time I wish you all a safe journey full of kindness, compassion, healing and love! Namaste!
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